STAFF

Executive Director: Jennifer Van Kirk
Program Coordinator: Cheryl Hart-Johnson

OFFICERS

Chair: Lisa B. Terry, Manager Office of Veterans and Military Families, Department of Community Resources and Services, Howard County Government
Immediate Past Chair: Suzi Padgett, Sales Manager, Compass Real Estate
Secretary: Mary Brzezinski, Retired HCPSS educator
Treasurer: Kim Sweatt, Commercial Payment Sales Consultant, M&T Bank

DIRECTORS

Ex Officio: Dr. Michael Martirano, Superintendent, HCPSS, delegated to Jahantab Siddiqui, Chief Administrative Officer, HCPSS
Director Emeritus: Dr. Clarissa Evans, Retired HCPSS educator and executive director
Seema Agarwal-Harding, Early Education Specialist
Mae Beale, Community Volunteer
Lance Cook, Owner, Tino’s Italian Bistro, Periodic Table
Ellen Flynn Giles, Owner, EFG Enterprises, former member Howard County Board of Education
Tonya Harris, Director of Communications, Council of the Great City Schools
Gerald Kelly, Partner, Kelly | Dorsey Law
Alexandra Kim, Senior Reporter, Chosun Daily of Washington
Christie Lassen, Director of Communications and Partnerships, Howard County Library System
Dr. Bevin Philip, Chief Operating Officer, Children’s Montessori Systems
Rakesh Pillai, Senior Finance Manager, W. R. Grace & Co.
Susan Porter, Founder, Ohana of Howard County
Dominic Powell, Vice President, Educational Systems Federal Credit Union
Jason Whong, Publisher, The Business Monthly
Kim Young, President and Founder, Healthy Little Cooks